The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has delegated additional registration-related powers and duties to the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO), effective 1 April 2025. CIRO now assumes responsibility for the registration of investment dealers, mutual fund dealers and futures commission merchants, as well as individuals acting on their behalf. The delegation is intended to streamline and harmonize Ontario’s registration framework by removing duplication and reducing burdens for registrants, while the OSC maintains risk-based oversight of CIRO’s performance. The change follows a recommendation in the Capital Markets Modernization Taskforce report published in January 2021, and the Canadian Securities Administrators issued a separate release setting out its plans for CIRO delegation.